About NIDHI - EIR program
Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) Program is one of the programs introduced under the NIDHI Scheme by DST, GoI to inspire the best talents to be entrepreneurs, to minimize the risk involved in pursuing start-ups, and to partially set off their opportunity costs of high paying jobs. The NIDHI-EIR program provides tremendous opportunities for innovative entrepreneurs to expand their networks and get critical feedback on their ventures in order to promote their entrepreneurial career goals and aspirations.
Objective
- To encourage graduating student to take to entrepreneurship by providing support as a fellowship.
- To provide a prestigious forum for entrepreneurs to pursue their ventures without any additional risks involved in technology based businesses.
- To make pursuing entrepreneurship related to a technology business idea more attractive amongst available career options.
- To enable creation of new start-ups by entrepreneurs and significant progress towards raising funding or investment.
Program Benefits
Fellowship
Minimum ₹ 10000 to maximum ₹ 30000 per month for 12 months.
Mentorship
Tailored mentoring in areas like IP, Legal, Regulatory, Business Development.
Co-working
Access to co-working space, common infras, and administrative support.
Handholding
Navigating the entire entrepreneurial journey from ideation to acceleration.
Lab Access
Access the digital fabrication lab to turn your ideas into prototypes.
Our Working Process
Call Opens
Generally for a window of 1 month.
Announcement
Announcement of Shortlisted Candidates.
Selection
Presentation to Selection Committee.
Results
Final List of Candidates Selected.
- All
- Call 1
- Call 2
- Call 4
- Call 5
- Call 6
Manisha Rao
Project Title: Colorimetric palm-held disposable paper analytical device (PAD) for detection of heavy metal ions
Binny M Moni
Project Title: BioFilium
Rudra Prasad Das
Project Title: Fermented products from local millets of Odisha
Prithviraj Dasgupta
Venom Plasma LLP
Bio-oxygen generator majorly for aerial & surface disinfection of any deadly contagious infections and oxygen-enrichment in air.
Trimbak Kawdikar
Frugal Sphere Pvt Ltd
A device for efficient vein identification and precise puncturing of vein to avoid rupture of vein during intravenous cannulation.
Prabhasraj Panigrahi
Protionix Technology Pvt Ltd
Golem Kit A kit for curriculum based experiential learning that contents different sensors and controller.